Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
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| Developer(s) | ARTDINK & Square Enix (Team Asano) |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Designer(s) | Yuji Horii |
| Artist(s) | Yoshiya Fujisaki |
| Composer(s) | Kōichi Sugiyama |
| Series | Dragon Quest |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam |
| Release date(s) | Nintendo Switch INT October 30th, 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 INT October 30th, 2025 PlayStation 5 INT October 30th, 2025 Xbox Series X/S INT October 30th, 2025 Steam INT October 30th, 2025 |
| Genre(s) | Console role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone +10 |
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a full re-imagining of the first two titles in the Dragon Quest series in Team Asano's famed HD-2D artstyle which fuses high-quality pixel art with 3D graphics. It includes a full remake of Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II, continuing the compilation tradition begun in 1993 with Dragon Quest I & II for the Super Famicom.
This dual pack was announced following the release of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake on November 14 2024. It will be released on October 30, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. For the Nintendo Switch 2 version, physical copies will only come with a game-key card, and an upgrade path from the original Nintendo Switch version has been ruled out by the publisher.
New features
Scenario changes
- The Princess of Cannock is now a party member accompanying the Scions of Erdrick on their quest to stop Hargon.
- New boss battles added for both games such as the Goregoyle, Lunagriff and the return of Robbin' 'Ood and his henchmen.
- New story segments such as Belial incinerating a babygoyle and a new manguini monster, as well as threatening a village of fairies, in addition to Pazuzu appearing in the Great Conflagration alongside its 2 Whackolyte guardians.
- The Scions of Erdrick now have to collect medals from their home kingdoms of Midenhall, Cannock, and Moonbrooke in order to be worthy of visiting the Pillar of Winds.
- The Sun Sigil is now found on a pedestal near the outskirts of the Fire Shrine.
- The Tombola minigame will receive some new improvements.
- It's confirmed that Dragon Quest II will have a new endgame scenario if players have first cleared Dragon Quest I, and most importantly, have clear game save data of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake on the same platform.
- Mini Medals have been added to both games.
Presentation
- Re-imagined locations and HD-quality sprites.
- Certain areas have been slightly modified to account for the perspective changing from the classic top-down view to the pop up book style found in other HD2D titles.
- Orchestral soundtrack.
- Torches now fully illuminate caves, nixing the use of the Glow spell.
Character changes
- The Prince of Cannock has been buffed considerably, as opposed to how weak he infamously was originally.
- The Whackolytes have their appearance from Dragon Quest X onwards, rather than using their old appearance.
- The hawk men and gargoyles now have dialogue during the siege on Moonbrooke.
Battle changes
- The hero of Dragon Quest I now battles multiple enemies at once rather than only one at a time originally.
- New skills and spells have been added to the repertoire of the heroes, such as Dragon Slash and Kacrack. These can be learned by finding ability scrolls located in side-quests, dungeons, and hidden areas.
- You can now view Enemy Info while battling them by clicking the right stick.
- Targeting a monster with an elemental attack it is weak to displays a red marker over it, and doing so with a resisted element displays the marker in blue.
- Enemies from later entries of the main series and enemies of the first entry for II are added in Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II, such as bubble slimes in the former and scornets and drackolytes in the latter.
Others
- Having saved data of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake allows players to receive animal costumes for the playable characters. For the Hero of Dragon Quest I, it is the dog suit, based on a shiba-inu. For the heroes of Dragon Quest II, it is a cat suit, which are based on the different colours of cats.
Gallery
Illustrations
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Artwork of the Erdrick Trilogy HD-2D Remakes by Naoki Ikushima.
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Japanese logo.
Characters
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The Hero
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